Usability of Signage

There’s the argument that if something is well-designed, there’s no need for signage. Let’s leave that conversation/debate for another day (post). What we can agree on is that signage is everywhere and if we’re going to use signage, how can we make signage more user-friendly?

What do you think of this sign? There’s minimal text and the font size is large. What’s missing though? We would suggest stating where the information commons is. Yes, it’s a few more words, but it would make things more clear. Suggestion: “Resume help (Thursdays 5PM and Saturdays 1PM) is now held in the Information Commons on the 1st Floor.”

This is a lot of signage, it’s kind of overwhelming. Our guess is that a lot of people get lost, confused, and ask a lot of directional questions, so the employees/staff thought that putting up signage would help. What do you think? Does it help?